conservation
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Vilayati kikar: The making of a supervillain
Encounters with an ‘invasive’ tree prompted an urban ecologist to reflect on the labels of “foreign” and “alien”, and her experiences as a descendant of refugees and a migrant in a new city.
June 5th 2025
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Lying on the forest floor, looking for orchids
On World Environment Day 2020, conservation ecologist Jis Sebastian reminisces about her time in the Western Ghats, studying the fantastically diverse orchids and what climate change has in store for them.
June 5th 2020
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Trash is on the Menu for the Critically Endangered Greater Adjutant
Guwahati needs to address the larger issue of waste management if this carrion-feeding bird species is to have a future.
April 3rd 2020
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Notes and memories from the Sundarban Delta
To mark July 26 as International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystems an interdisciplinary researcher shares her heart-wrenching story from the Sundarbans.
July 30th 2019
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The many-eyed eight-legged beauties of India’s rainforests
Spurred on by a Twitter challenge, this ecologist-educator lists her favourite and little-known spiders in the rainforests of India’s Western Ghats. Enjoy this photo-listicle!
July 3rd 2019
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Bhargavi’s Quest for the Lost Bats of India
A chiropterologist at Osmania University narrates her story
October 4th 2017
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Smitha and her Indomitable Ferns
An illustrated account of a pteridologist’s work
November 21st 2016
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Swinging Across Forests with Jis
A conservation ecologist studying orchids in the Western Ghats
August 8th 2016
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Following Gooseberries with Soumya
WHO? Soumya Prasad, 38 years WHERE? Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi WHAT? Forest Ecologist Reported by Aashima Dogra A volcano erupts in the ocean; an island is formed. A coconut floats from miles away. A fruit bat travels far and takes a solitary poop. The first seeds have arrived! “Bats are invariably the first ones to […]
July 15th 2016
